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As we made our way north along the California coast for the last time, we entered the fog and mist of the Redwood National and State Parks. We entered the park from the south and stopped at the visitors center to get information on camping and the newsletter for the park with all the places to see and trails to hike. We learned that all the …

Awake early as always we packed up our gear and moved the car to the meadow by the visitor centre. There was a layer of mist over the field and some elk were wandering about. The males with huge antlers are very majestic looking. Once we'd filled up on brekkie and warmed up with a hot chocolate, we began our long hike. We planned to walk the John …

Up at the crack of dawn, (some people were not impressed with this), we efficiently pack up our gear and hop in the cars. Next stop, Stout Grove: a small trail through some massive redwoods and equally impressive scenery. We make our way to the campgrounds exit only to find the gate open and no one in sight, so free night of camping? This day is …

Big day today - the start of school! We had decided that once we got up we'd do the first hour lesson and then have breakfast. We woke up at about 8am to find Tracey already up and entering her journal. Wow, there's a first. She then duly informed me that I'd crashed out at 9pm last night to leave her to go thru' all the school stuff. Whoops. I …

With the beauty of the Russian River Valley in our rearview mirror we headed north. Our destination was McKinleyville, CA to stay with my life long friend Bjorn. The drive through the Redwood forests was gorgeous. We took our time making it to McKinleyville. We stopped at Bigfoot Land (or something to that effect), which was a wood carving/ …

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... . We decided it was time to rough it and decided to find a campground. We set up camp in GoldBluffsBeach campground right on the beach..unfortunately the weather wasnt the greatest and it was pretty overcast, which meant no stars. Oh ...

... what must be one of the best campgrounds of the whole trip. About 8km down a dirt road is Gold's Bluff Beach. Here you set up camp in the dunes at a spot where the redwoods stand like lighthouses on the cliffs overlooking ...

... road) it was showing the campground as as open (according to the sign) and we decided to make the drive up to the GoldBluffsbeach campground which was also on the way to the fern canyon hike we had thought about doing. This was a very interesting ...

... (we learned that there are 3 larger trees but they are not accessible by foot). We then made our way to Fern Canyon via GoldBluffsBeach. This is 20 minute drive on a unpaved road that gives a unique sights of trees and ferns that are painted with dirt. ...

... soon. Looks like we got out just in time! Allison I was extremely disappointed when we found that the road that led to GoldBluffsbeach was closed. Like Allison said, I stopped and camped there on my way back to Montana this spring and loved it. At ...